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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3605714, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks for your excellent coins - the Mithradates VI is the one on my wish list.&nbsp; L Appuleius Saturninus another favorite as a relatively accessible coin with interesting stories e.g. <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#28" rel="nofollow">Appian</a> writing in 2nd century AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine that I&#039;ve had for ~20 years:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965362[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Appuleius Saturninus </b>AR Denarius.</p><p>Rome, 104 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted head of Roma left (on this coin I find the X scratched in behind Roma funny)</p><p><b>Rev:</b> L SATVRN, Saturn in quadriga right; B facing down with pellet above and below.</p><p><b>Size:</b> 20.0mm, 3.88g</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 317/3b (control mark below)&nbsp; This type 3a-b, Crawford lists 370 obv dies, type 1 (&lt;10) - control mark on the obverse - or type 2 (&lt;10) - quadriga on the obverse too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also appreciated, the book recommendations - picked up both, used, for a total of $7 including shipping, and I look forward to reading.&nbsp; Your adjective, &quot;semi-fictional&quot;, could start a long thread about &quot;what we know&quot; - another reason to like ancient coins - they do provide some physical evidence mostly unedited from the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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